'A new mission starting today': 8 years after launch, BepiColombo begins Mercury arrival
After nearly eight years traveling through the inner solar system, the trailblazing BepiColombo spacecraft has finally b...
Comet McNaught put on a surprise show this summer: Here's how to spot it before it fades
Comet McNaught brightened dramatically during two outbursts around perihelion as it made a close approach to the sun.
'The apple you eat isn't the apple your granddaughter will eat': What's on the menu in a warming world?
Almost every aspect of our food system will be transformed by climate change.
How the brain of a fly may help explain human behaviour
Image source, MRCImage caption, As beautiful as it is complex - a male fly's brainByPallab Ghosh, Science Correspon...
New map of a male fly central nervous system includes all 166,000 neurons — and enables direct comparisons to female fly brain
A new map of the adult male fruit fly brain and nerve cord includes over 166,000 neurons and the millions of connections...
Scientists Find More Than 1,000 DNA Variants Linked to Personality Traits
More than one million genomes helped identify DNA variants linked to extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism and more. ...
On this day in space! Sept. 3, 2006: Europe's SMART-1 spacecraft crashes into the moon in lunar death dive
On this day in space! Sept. 3, 2006: Europe's SMART-1 spacecraft crashes into the moon in lunar death dive
Mesmerizing plasma loops on the sun | Space photo of the day for Sept. 3, 2026
"To see one AND catch it right on the limb AND have it happen on a clear day when I'm home and able to catch it was a re...
An ancient 'supervolcano' has been found hiding beneath eastern England. But experts say there's not enough evidence to call it that.
Geologists recently identified a 454.4 million-year-old volcano on England's east coast, but whether the structure can b...
Will El Nino bring chaos to UK weather?
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How a new instrument could reveal the secrets of the stars
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Watch India launch its 1st geosynchronous Earth-imaging satellite today
India aims to launch an Earth-imaging satellite toward geosynchronous orbit today (Sept. 3) —something it has never done...